Category: Miscellaneous

On the pour: Nyetimber Classic Cuvée

Each month, we spotlight a different wine that’s available to taste in our London Shop at 63 Pall Mall. With summer upon us, London Shop Manager Edwin Dublin has selected this delicious English sparkling wine from Nyetimber. Nyetimber Classic Cuvée, Brut, Sussex What is it? This month, we’re turning our attention to the iconic English wine […]

Authentic flavour: the resurgence of heritage grains

Whisky-makers are increasingly reviving heritage grains as a way of imbuing new – yet ancient – flavours into their spirits. But is it purely flavour compelling these producers to return to the “old ways”?  The Isle of Raasay lies just off the coast of Skye. Rugged and barren, it’s not renowned for its rich soils. […]

Wildfire and fine wine in the USA

In summer 2020, as the world reeled from the pandemic, another crisis blazed across the western USA. Instagram and Facebook lit up orange and grey as people shared images of devastating wildfires. Eighteen months on, we speak with some of the winemakers who lived and worked through that moment of climate chaos. Amongst journalists, the […]

Rediscovering St Estèphe

The Médoc’s most northerly communal appellation is also its least understood, says Buyer Georgina Haacke. Here, she explains why St Estèphe should be on every Bordeaux-lover’s radar. Situated on the western banks of the Gironde estuary, St Estèphe is the most northerly of the four famous Médoc communes. Only a stream separates the appellation from […]